The Portland daily press., 1887-09-26
BASE BALL.
New England League
poRrLANDs, 1s; LowELLs, 10.

PoRTLANDs, 13; LowELLs, 10.
Fifteen hundred people were respondent
Saturday when the Lowells went in and
mace seven runs in two innings, while the
Portlands only scored two. But this same
fifteen hundred people went wild with en-
thusiasm when the Portlands overcame that
lead in one inning and besides came out
three runs ahead. Nothing like it was ever
seen on the Portland grounds and for club
to overcome such lead in one inning when
playing with their nearest rival was some
thing that is seldom seen anywhere. 1t was
one of the most exciting games imaginable.
Not until 1t was called at the end Of the Sth
did the crowd feel easy, as there were several
times when it looked as II the Lowells might
possibly overcome the lead after all. The
Portlands also came near increasing their
score by three or four runs but just missed:
Small started in to pitched for Portland
but was wild and was hit hard. IL was
bad day fora pitcher and i was nothing
strange that being out Of practice ne did not
the lead in the third. Hatfield went into the
box and although somewhat wild himself,
did better work with the Lowells. Burke
was batted out Of the box by the Portlands
although he claimed that he was disabled.
The claim was so fimsy that II was not al
lowed however. and instead OF retiring in
favor of w. Sullivan he exchanged places
with Cudworth. The latter was more ef-
fective in the box but the Portlands in their
hurry to make sure that five innings would
be played, did not exert themselves much.
The Portlands were first at the bat. An
drus had three strikes and four balls called
on him and he drove the next one pltched
over the right field fence for home run. 1t
was his first for the season and he made the
round of the bases amid deafening applause.
1t was the only run for the inning as the
next three men went out. Nine men went
to the bat for Lowell in the first inning and
five of them scored. Singles by Hartnett
and Kennedy, home run by Higgins. made
inside the fence, a muff by Lufbery and
three bases on balls were the cause OF them.
Lufbery's muff was excusable as Hartnett
knocked the ball out of his hand. The Port
lands made four hits, one double, in the
one run to be scored. The Lowells added
| two in the second on three hits, a base on
| balls and a wild pitch.
The fun began IN earnest In the third.
Andrus got his base on balls and stole
| the .'only" Higgins made two errors on
| Duffey's hot grounder. DAWN got first on
| an attempted put out and Galligan hit safe.
| Schoeneck was the first man out on a long
fly. Lufbery got hrst on an attempted put
| ont. and with him on second and Galligan
| on third, and the score tie, Small hit the
| hall over the left field fence for home run,
| Andrus and Hatfield both hit safe, the latter
making his second hit for the inning and the
former scoring his is. second sec nd run Dickerson
| with nine runs, six earned, to Portland's
| credit HATFIELD then went into the box and
Small went to right field, ,Andrus taking third.
Small did excellent work in the field but
Andrus had but one chance on third. The
| Lowells got one run In the third on a hit,
| wild pitch and put out.
DAWN opened the fourth inning with a
long fly to fright field, good for three bases.
Galligan followed him with another one to
left field good for two bases. Then Schoe-
neck hit a grounder which Burke reached
for and lust touched and Higgins threw him
| ont Burke claimed that this numbed two
| of his fingers and the Lowells told Sullivan
to get ready to go into the box. The Port
lands objected and Lynch requested that
some physician come and examine Burke
DR.. Thayer Immediately did so. and taking
Burke one side he tested the truth of the
claim. He found that Burke had perfect
control of his fingers and could move them
So he went to centre field and Cudworth
came into the box. McGunnigle said he
should protest the game, but that was moth.
ing strange as he has shown disposition tc
almost osds o mfs only run ths
the man in who was on third when he wen
into the box. 1t was rapidly growing darb
and four innings were not played SO they
made no effort to hit The towells scored
one In the sixth on q hit by Duffey, two
steals and passed ball and one in the sti
on a dropped fly by Galligan who couldn'
see the ball till i was too late to get fairl,
been too dark for several innings to play
Lynch consented to call the game alter III,
sth was finished.
Both mines played a good fielding game bu
few errors being made by each outside Of TIN
battery The Portlands' batteries, however
J umpiring by Lynch was first class and b
managed matters in way that won the ad